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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:3-33

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Local boards of health may within their respective jurisdictions:

a. Secure the sanitary condition of every building, public or private.

b. Compel, prescribe, regulate and control the plumbing, ventilation and drainage of every building, public or private, and the connection thereof with an outside sewer, cesspool or other receptacle;

c. Require plans of such plumbing, ventilation or drainage, with necessary drawings or descriptions, to be submitted to it for its inspection and approval, and may charge a fee not exceeding two dollars ($2.00), to be paid by the owner or other person filing the plans at the time of filing; and

d. Require every master and foreman plumber and every building contractor to register his name and address at the office of the board.

Amended by L.1949, c. 94, p. 412, s. 1.